workplace-stories

Restaurant worker quits after 4 shifts when owner shouts at them during service: 'Finished the shift in silence and handed my notice in today'

JR Atkinson

Entitled coworker rejects job candidate because she's a fan of Stark Trek: 'She made the mistake of mentioning her hobbies during [the] interview'

Ben Weiss

Management forbids tech support employees from providing customers solutions to their problems, claiming it makes them look bad: ‘We had customers call back for months’

Bar Mor Hazut

10+ Overworked employees who reached breaking points on the job: 'I don't get paid enough for this!'

Ben Weiss

'He crashed a $120,000 car': 20+ Workers who made expensive mistakes at work

Remy Millisky

Employee of 25+ years takes 10 weeks of PTO, then resigns: 'You need my help? It'll cost 1 mil'

Remy Millisky

Boss asks freelance worker to change their name so other clients can't contact them: 'If he wants exclusive rights, he should pay for it'

JR Atkinson

Conniving boss cancels employee's doctor's appointment without their consent, so they file a formal complaint and kickstart a HIPAA violation investigation: ‘I did not authorize these changes”

Lana DeGaetano

'You're not paid to think': Employee gets boss fired by proving that she was responsible for company losing two major clients after she ignored employee's warnings

Bar Mor Hazut

40-year-old coworker repeatedly asks 25-year-old colleague for thousands in loans, turning the office into his personal cash machine with nonstop awkward money talk: ‘I'm not the only coworker he's requested this, It's making me feel extremely uneasy’

Etai Eshet

‘I would’ve much rather just have been laid off with everyone else’: Job forces employees into negative PTO debt, where taking time off means owing the company money later

Etai Eshet

Employee's time off request gets rejected even though manager already approved it, employee refuses to cancel their vacation, leading to an ultimatum: ‘Either quit or be fired’

Bar Mor Hazut

'Why would she live in my HOUSE?': 25-year-old woman gets kicked out of her apartment, she asks coworker to stay at their place, leading to an office dispute when she's refused

Bar Mor Hazut

'I don't have a degree': 20+ Secrets people are hiding from their coworkers

Remy Millisky

'Our district VP was not amused': Employee spends 7 hours wrapping package in twine

Remy Millisky

Employee leaves his 7 and 10-year-old kids at warehouse, expecting contractor to babysit them without asking him to do so: 'I immediately call him and tell him to take them with you or I call DCFS'

Emmy Pratt